Ash-leach



(No Model.)

J. H. MORAN.

ASH LEAGH.

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JOHN H. MORAN, or

LICKING, MISSOURI.

ASH-LEACH.

SPEGL'PICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,581, datedSeptember 22, 1885.

' Application filed October 26, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. MORAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Licking, in the county of Texas and Stateof Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Ash-Hoppers,- and I do herebydeclare I that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable I others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in ash-hoppers which are especiallydesigned for leaching ashes in the process of making lye.

My objects are to combine with a sheetmetal body of elongated form incross-section a castmetal floor having flanges to receive and hold saidbody and a tapered spout having side flanges, said body being providedwith vent-holes that serve as hand-grips, and also with adischargeoutlet of such shape that while it will retain the ashes in thehopper it will allow a free discharge of the lye to the spout, all ofwhich will be fully understood from the following description, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a side elevation of my improved ash-hopper. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection taken through the hopper from front to rear. Fig. 3 is a frontview of the hopper-on a reduced scale, intended to show the peculiarshape of the discharge-passage. Fig. 4 is a top view, also on a reducedscale, of the cast-iron flanged bottom and its flanged discharge-spout.

In the annexed drawings, A designates the elongated bottom of thehopper, and A the spout thereof. This bottom and its spout are cast inone and provided with broad flanges c c, as clearly shown in thedrawings. The shape (elongated) of the hopper insures a leaching of theentire mass of ashes. \Vere the said hopper round, the parts of theashes not in line with the spout would in many instances not be wet bythe water. The straight walls shown in Fig. 4 confine the ashes in suchnarrow limits that water poured in at the rear will wet all the ashesbefore it reaches the spout.

B designates the body of the hopper, which is of the same elongatedshape in cross-secfloor A, so that these tion as the bottom or partswill be rigidly held together without rivets.

The body A is provided with a tightly-fittingremovable cover, 0, havinga liftinghandle, a. Just below the surrounding flange of the cover, atthe ends of the body B, I make vent-apertures b b for the admission ofair, for the purpose of allowing a free passage or percolation of thewater and lye through the ashes contained in the body B. These aperturesb b are made of such size and shape (shown in Fig. 3) that they not onlyserve as vents for air, but they also serve the additional purpose ashand holes or grips for conveniently moving the hopper from place toplace.

At the bottom B, and in line with the discharge-spout A, is the commondischarge-outlet, E, for the lye. This outlet E is made highest at thecenter 6, and from this point it is gradually reduced in height,terminating at the points e e, as shown in Fig. 3. The object of makingthe outlet of this shape is to resist in the best possible manner theweight of the superincumbent ashes, and thus prevent the discharge ofthe same with the lye, at the same time to of the lye.

I am aware that ash leaches or hoppers have been made wholly of sheetmetal before my invention, and lay no claim, broadly, to such devices.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. An ash hopper orleach consisting of a cast-metal bottom, A, formed witha spout and withflanges, in combination with a sheetmetal body, B, provided with acover,and constructed with air-vents b b, that are adapted to serve theadditional function of hand-grips, and also with an outlet, E, of theform substantially as described.

' 2. An ash-leach consisting of a body and bottom of greater length thanwidth, the bottom being provided with a spout, substan tially as and forthe purpose specified.

JOHN H. MORAN.

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